A riddle, a mystery, a problem needing to be solved, following clues to find the answer. We all love to feel a little clever. Help boost your little learner’s comprehension, inference and reading confidence with this fantastic Easter activity: Easter Egg Hunt: Following Clues.
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VERSION 1: Egg Hunt
You will need:
- A set of FREE printable eggs (one colour per player)
- Scissors
- Coloured pens
- Split pins
- White card
- A printer – check out this sponsored review for a fab printer on RainyDayMum.co.uk (this range will be my next printer purchase).
- A prize (a toy, book, Easter egg, anything!)
How to set up your Easter Egg Hunt
- Plan out where you will be hiding each of your clues.
- Download your FREE egg sets – one design per player. 3 players? Print 3 designs. You can use your printer’s settings to print as many to a page as you would like. Bigger print outs might be more user friendly for younger children or someone with a vision loss.
- Print them out on to card.
- Cut them out.
- Push a split pin in where the black dot shows you.
- Write 1 clue per egg.
- Close the eggs up to hide the clues.
- Hide your eggs around your house or garden (the placement and order of this is important). Keep the first clue with you.
- Hide your prize/prizes.
How To Complete Your Following CLues Challenge
- Tell your players which egg design they are looking for.
- On “Ready, steady, go!” they read their first clue and help them find the location of the next clue, then the next, etc. The final clue will reveal the location of the prize.
- Everyone’s a winner!
VERSION 2: CARD HUNT
If you haven’t got the time, resources or patience to cut out all these eggs, try out this second version. My daughter did this challenge when she was 4 and loved it so much that she attempted to write her own clues to set up her own hunt too. Love a little inspiration and motivation!
You will need:
- White card or parcel tags
- Coloured pens
- A prize (a toy, book, Easter egg, anything!)
How to set up your Easter Egg Hunt
- Plan out where you will be hiding each of your clues.
- Write 1 clue per label/tag.
- Hide your clues around your house or garden (the placement and order of this is important). Keep the first clue with you.
- Hide your prize/prizes.
How To Complete Your Following CLues Challenge
- On “Ready, steady, go!” they read their first clue and help them find the location of the next clue, then the next, etc. The final clue will reveal the location of the prize.
- Everyone’s a winner!
How To Adapt BOTH Following Clues GameS For Your Little Learner
This game is great for all ages of reader as reading ‘look under the bushes’ can be as much of a challenge to read and comprehension as ‘perched on top of the equipment that makes you go back and forth’ (swing).
Depending on their phonics skills, you might choose to use targeted spelling patterns in your clues e.g. ‘ee’ words or ‘igh’ words.
There are other variations on using these FREE printables too. Click below to find out more!
1. Easter Egg Hunt: Anagram Hunt.
2. Easter Egg Hunt: Sentence Arranging.
3. Easter Egg Hunt: Preposition fun!
There be so many other ways you can adapt and use these too. Let us know what you do with them.
Get playing and enjoy!
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